A 15yo Black girl was incarcerated in juvi for not keeping up w/her homework after her school switched to online learning for the pandemic. A judge ruled this violated her probation & makes her a “threat to (the) community.”

She has ADHD & was struggling https://www.propublica.org/article/a-teenager-didnt-do-her-online-schoolwork-so-a-judge-sent-her-to-juvenile-detention">https://www.propublica.org/article/a...

The terms of the probation prior to "violating" it included a GPS tether, regular check-ins w/a court caseworker, counseling, no phone & the use of the school laptop for educational purposes only and required to do her schoolwork.

How are these terms not draconian & punitive?

This is a prime exp of how Black girls get criminalized.

She was on probation for getting into an arg w/her mom & stealing a phone, which she later returned.

To think this is one example of how students of color will get punished during this pandemic. https://twitter.com/OnthePrisonLine/status/1283041225877213186">https://twitter.com/OnthePris...

As appalling as it may seem to some, this is quite normal in communities of color where children w/disabilities get criminalized disproportionately.

This is the school-to-prison pipeline.

This is why we need to get rid of cops in schools. They help facilitate this.

please sign this petition demanding the judge let Grace go back home, where she deserves to be.

punishing a 15yo Black girl for having adhd & not completing her online homework during a pandemic is racist and unjust.

she deserves love and support. https://www.change.org/p/michigan-state-house-grace-needs-to-be-back-at-home-she-is-in-juvenile-detention-for-not-doing-homework?recruiter=91179356&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition">https://www.change.org/p/michiga...